We discuss whether a stage mishap was real or not and the first of two successive Super Saturdays as we look at the selected entries over the past week, and preview upcoming finals in Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Moldova, Romania and Serbia. We also have our weekly news roundup and answer some listener’s questions.
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We discuss bizarre staging and thirsting after Italian men with mimosa flowers as we look at the selected entries over the past week, and preview upcoming finals in Armenia, Lithuania and Norway. We also have our weekly news roundup and answer some listener’s questions.
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National final season is back! The team discuss the outcome of the past week’s semi finals and all the internally selected artists so far, as well as the branding for Rotterdam 2020 and the semi-final draw.
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Shalom! This is it, it’s the big finale. The final jury rehearsal is done, half of the final scores are now decided. So now, it is time for the team to sit down and lay down their cards for what they think the final outcome will be…
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Shalom! It’s that time of year again. The first jury rehearsal has been done and dusted, and now it’s time to bite the bullet and try and deduct who’s going to be getting a flight home tomorrow.
Neither of the team saw the TV feed and are making their predictions based on rehearsal footage and word from reliable sources on the ground. Will that affect their accuracy in picking our ten qualifiers? Let’s find out…
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The second of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we have Ciaran Urry-Tuttiett of The Eurovision Showcase joining us as our first special guest judge as we look at the songs in the second half of Semi-final 1.
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It’s the final episode of the 2019 national final season, and there are only two finals left to cover. We also have our final round of listener’s questions and do our annual national final wrap-up where we pay tribute to the losing songs that we will miss in May.
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We make an attempt to pick up the pieces after one country’s national final still leaves us no entry and preview some upcoming finals in Iceland, Portugal, Norway, Moldova and Serbia (also Georgia, but they’ve given us no songs, boo). We also have our weekly news roundup and answer some listener’s questions.
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Drama, drama and even more DRAMAA than Eini can throw at us this week as we look at some rather unpopular national final results and preview some upcoming finals in Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia and Romania (also Croatia, but they’re giving us no songs, boo). We also have our weekly news roundup and answer some listener’s questions.
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There’s a brand new national final in town and something stirring in the waters in Iceland. We also have our weekly news roundup and answer some listener’s questions.
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